Improvement in milk-can handles



ltitrd gratta aient cartine.

, Letters Patent No. 103,933, dated June 7, 1870.

Thechedle referred to in these Lettersv Paent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that VI, HENRY W. Seaman, of Mannsville, in the county of Jeiferson and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Milk-Gan Handles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ofreference marked thereon making part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a front view of the handle and shield.

Figure 2 is a side view of the handle and shield.

Figure 3 is a side view of the shield without the handle.

.Figure 4 is a vert-ical sectional view on the line x x,

The object of this invention is the production of a handle formilk-cans, that shall be both cheap and durable, one that will enablethe can to be overturned and emptied with thc utmost facility, and, thatwhile being transported, will not bruise the'other cans set- 'ting near.A

Thenature of my invention consists in stamping the shield or plate outof one piece of' metal, having a curved fiahge extending nearly acrossthe top of the same. This shield is formed with a raised center, inwhich is a circulalopening or socket, in the lower portion of theshield, and extending from the raised center to the outside of theshield are two grooves, so forme-d as to carry off any water that may beintroduced between the shield and the can through the opening, eitherwhen the can is' exposed to the rain or when placed in water for thepurpose of cooling, .and thus prevent the. shield or can from rusting.

The handle proper is formed in the usual manner, except that it isprovided with a guard which extends entirely across the upper' portionof the same. This guard is so constructed, that, when the handle israised, the upper part of ,the same rests against the lower crook of thecurved flangeof the shield, while the guard presses against the uppercrook of the saine. By this arrangement of handle, it makes nodifference if, in the hurry of emptying the can, the bails are placed inthe opening in the raised center of the shield, or are fastened to thehandle, since the more you lift the handle the tighter itholds on. Whenthe handle is down it rests around the base of' the raised center of theshield, this center being so curved as to allow ofthe most perfectfreedom of movement of the handle up and down when desired. This raisedcenter also extends sufficiently far to protect the handle, and presentsa perfectly smooth surface, so that in transporting the cans there is nodanger of the handle of one canlbruisingthe can near it.

`loenable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe itsvconstruction and operation.

'A is tbc shield orplate which is stamped ont of one piece of wroughtiron, having a raised center Al, as clearly shown in figs. 2, 3, and 4.The top of'tlns shield is so constructed as to form a curved ilange, AZ,extending not quite across the width oi' the shield, while in the centerof the raised portion there 1s an Vopening or socket, a, in which theintnrned ends ofthe bail enter when it is vdesired to cant the can.

C C are grooves extending from the lower port-ion of the raised cent-erA1 to the bottom ofthe shield A, for the purpose of carryingr olf anywater which may enter the opening a and lodge between the shield and thecan, when the latter is exposed to the rain? or placed in` water for thepurpose of cooling the milk, and by this means preventing either the canor shield from rusting.

B is the handle, which is made of malleable iron, and is constructedwith an outside guard Bl, extending entirely across and a little belowthe top `l of the' handle, as clearly shown in iig. 4.

Before the shield A is fastened to the can, the curved iange A2 of theshield is passed between the top B2 ofthe handle B and the outside guardB. When the shield is attached, the upper crook a ofthe curved flange A2rests against the body of the can, and thus prevents the handle B fromcoming loose, while the top B" of the handle being circular in forln,perfect freedom of movement, up and down, is allowed to the handle,thespace formed by the lower crook a2 of the curved ange A2 andtheoutside of the can being sufficient to allow the top B2 to turnfreely. When the handle B is raised, the outside guard B1 strikes theupper crook a3 of the curved flange Ai,

and the more pressure that is brought to bear to lift the handle, thetighter becomes its hold.

The centerl A1 is sufficiently raised to protect the handle B from beingbroken, when the same is down,

while the sweep of its curve is adequate enough to allow the handle tobe freely moved over the same in raising, as clearly shown in fig. 3. v

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new and desire to secure` byA Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

. The shield A, when the same is stamped. out of one piece of metal,having a curved flange, A?, raised center A1, with its opening c andgrooves -C C, and the handle B, with its guard B1, when the whole `is soconstructed and arranged 'as to form a milk-can handle, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to' Witnesses:

.T -mrns Romxs,

P. GODDARD.

